US9868161B2 - Ball-end mill and insert - Google Patents

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US9868161B2
US9868161B2 US14/431,877 US201314431877A US9868161B2 US 9868161 B2 US9868161 B2 US 9868161B2 US 201314431877 A US201314431877 A US 201314431877A US 9868161 B2 US9868161 B2 US 9868161B2
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  • the present invention relates to a solid or indexable ball-end mill suitable for three-dimensionally finishing a work, and an insert attached to an indexable ball-end mill.
  • Ball-end mills have conventionally been used to three-dimensionally cut flat surfaces and curved surfaces of works such as molding dies, etc.
  • cutting edges should be free from chipping and cracking, with suppressed vibration for improved chip removal.
  • it is important to adjust rake angles of arcuate cutting edges of ball-end mills. Accordingly, various proposals have been made so far, on the rake angles of arcuate cutting edges.
  • JP 10-80815 A discloses a ball-end mill suitable for three-dimensional cutting of curved surfaces of molding dies, etc., which has an rake angle of ⁇ 2° to ⁇ 20° in peripheral cutting edges for strengthening, and an rake angle of 0° to +10° near an axial center for better chip removal. Specifically, it describes an example in which the rake angle is +3° near a tip end, and ⁇ 10° near peripheral cutting edges. However, because the rake angle of the cutting edge at the most projecting position is negative, this ball-end mill has poor capability of finishing works with high accuracy.
  • JP 2008-110437 A proposes a CBN ball-end mill comprising ball-end cutting edges and peripheral cutting edges, a normal rake angle of each ball-end cutting edge being ⁇ 5° to ⁇ 15° at R10°, ⁇ 5° to +3° in a range of R50° to R70° and having a peak, and ⁇ 10° to 0° at R90°, thereby suppressing chipping in the entire ball-end cutting edges for a long life.
  • a specific example of the normal rake angles of the ball-end cutting edges is ⁇ 10° at R10°, peak with 0° at R60°, and ⁇ 5° at R90°, with gradual change in a plus direction in a range from R10° to R60°, and gradual change in a minus direction in a range from R60° to R90°.
  • this ball-end mill has a peak in a normal rake angle in a range from R50° to R70°, with a larger negative normal rake angle at R10° than at R90°, it suffers poor capability of finishing works with high accuracy.
  • JP 8-118133 A proposes a ball-end mill for cutting relatively soft works such as wood, non-ferrous metals, etc. smoothly with high accuracy, which comprises curved cutting edges, a rake angle of each cutting edge being 10-30° in a tip end portion with end cutting edges, and 20-40° in a peripheral portion, with an intermediate rake angle continuously changing from the rake angle of the end cutting edge to that in the peripheral portion in a corner portion.
  • An example of the rake angles is 10° in the tip end portion and 20° in the peripheral portion, and another example is 20° in the tip end portion and 30° in the peripheral portion.
  • this ball-end mill cannot be used to finish high-hardness works (Rockwell hardness: 40 HRC or more) such as molding dies, etc.
  • JP 2004-181563 A proposes a ball-end mill comprising ball-end cutting edges whose center cutting edges are formed by rake faces; a clearance angle of each ball-end cutting edge being smaller than that of each center cutting edge; and each ball-end cutting edge having a normal rake angle gradually increasing to the positive side from a center toward a periphery, thereby having improved strength and chip removal.
  • a center cutting edge of each ball-end cutting edge has a normal rake angle of ⁇ 45° at center, and gradually and positively increasing to ⁇ 10° toward the periphery.
  • this ball-end mill has poor capability of finishing works with high accuracy.
  • Japanese Utility Model 62-12503 Y2 proposes a ball-end mill comprising ball-end cutting edges looked an S shape when viewed from the tip end side; a normal rake angle of each ball-end cutting edge being negative at a rotation axis center, and positive with gradual increase on the periphery side.
  • this ball-end mill has poor capability of finishing works with high accuracy.
  • JP 2004-291096 A proposes a throwaway chip having twisted arcuate cutting edges; the thickness of a chip body at a position perpendicular to its rotation axis being in a range of 0.5 D to 0.9 D, wherein D is the thickness (mm) of a flat plate portion of the chip body; and the radial angle being 40-70° at a point most projecting in a rotation direction.
  • JP 2004-291096 A never discloses the change of a rake angle depending on the radial angle of the throwaway chip.
  • this throwaway chip does not have twisted peripheral cutting edges connected to rear ends of arcuate cutting edges. Accordingly, it is not suitable to three-dimensionally finish works having vertical walls with good surface roughness.
  • the first object of the present invention is to provide a solid or indexable ball-end mill capable of three-dimensionally finishing works having vertical walls with good surface roughness, and an insert attached to such an indexable ball-end mill.
  • the second object of the present invention is to provide a solid or indexable ball-end mill preventing chips from being bitten into a gap between a cutting edge and a work, and an insert attached to such an indexable ball-end mill.
  • the third object of the present invention is to provide a solid or indexable ball-end mill with suppressed vibration by reduced cutting resistance and amplitude thereof, and an insert attached to such an indexable ball-end mill.
  • the ball-end mill of the present invention comprises, in a tip end portion of an end mill body, arcuate cutting edges each extending from a tip end to a peripherally outermost point along a curve in an S shape when viewed from the front side, spirally-shaped, peripheral cutting edges each smoothly connected to each arcuate cutting edge, and a convex rake face of each arcuate cutting edge protruding forward in a rotation direction;
  • each of the arcuate cutting edges having a radial rake angle meeting the condition of ⁇ , wherein ⁇ is a radial rake angle at a radial angle of 5°, ⁇ is a radial rake angle at a radial angle of 90°, and ⁇ is a radial rake angle at a rotationally most projecting point of the arcuate cutting edge;
  • the insert of the present invention comprises arcuate cutting edges each extending from a tip end to a peripherally outermost point along a curve in an S shape when viewed from the front side, spirally-shaped, peripheral cutting edges each smoothly connected to each arcuate cutting edge, and a convex rake face of each arcuate cutting edge protruding forward in a rotation direction;
  • each of the arcuate cutting edges having a radial rake angle meeting the condition of ⁇ , wherein ⁇ is a radial rake angle at a radial angle of 5°, ⁇ is a radial rake angle at a radial angle of 90°, and ⁇ is a radial rake angle at a rotationally most projecting point of the arcuate cutting edge;
  • the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably a positive angle.
  • the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably a positive angle of 0° or more.
  • the difference between the radial rake angle ⁇ and the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably 2-6°.
  • the difference between the radial rake angle ⁇ and the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably 0-2°.
  • the difference between the radial rake angle ⁇ and the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably 2-6°.
  • the difference between the maximum value of the radial rake angle and the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably 0.1-1.0°.
  • the radial rake angles ⁇ , ⁇ and ⁇ preferably meet the conditions of 2° ⁇ 10°, 0° ⁇ 6°, and 3° ⁇ 14°, respectively.
  • the arcuate cutting edge preferably has a rotationally most projecting point at a position at which the radial angle is 30-47°.
  • the radial rake angle of the arcuate cutting edge preferably meets the relation of ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2, wherein ⁇ 1 is a radial rake angle in a range from the rotationally most projecting point to the peripherally outermost point, and ⁇ 2 is a radial rake angle in a range from the rotationally most projecting point to the tip end.
  • the arcuate cutting edge preferably has a negative axial rake angle in a range from the tip end to the rotationally most projecting point, and a positive axial rake angle in a range exceeding the rotationally most projecting point to the peripherally outermost point.
  • the insert preferably has a thickness T (mm) in a flat plate portion and a thickness T S (mm) at the peripherally outermost point S, with the condition of 0.4 T ⁇ T S ⁇ 0.5 T met.
  • a crossing angle ⁇ 1 of a line connecting the rear end point R of the peripheral cutting edge and the rotationally most projecting point Q to the rotation axis is preferably 15-30°, smaller than a crossing angle ⁇ 2 of a line connecting the peripherally outermost point S and the rear end point R to the rotation axis.
  • the peripheral cutting edge preferably has a length meeting the condition of 0.2 T-0.5 T, wherein T is the thickness (mm) of a flat plate portion of the insert.
  • the indexable ball-end mill of the present invention comprises the above insert fixed to a slit in a semispherical tip end portion of an end mill body.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an indexable ball-end mill according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a front view showing a tip end portion of the indexable ball-end mill of FIG. 1 , to which an insert is not attached.
  • FIG. 3 is a side view showing a tip end portion of the indexable ball-end mill of FIG. 1 , to which an insert is not attached.
  • FIG. 4 is a side view showing a tip end portion of the indexable ball-end mill of FIG. 1 , to which an insert is not attached, in a direction perpendicular to FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an insert according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6( a ) is a plan view showing the insert of FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 6( b ) is a front view showing the insert of FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 6( c ) is a side view showing the insert of FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the relation between a radial rake angle and a radial angle in an arcuate cutting edge of the insert of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a graph showing the relation between a radial rake angle and a radial angle in the insert according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a side view showing the relation between an axial rake angle and a radial angle in an arcuate cutting edge of the insert of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a graph showing the relation between an axial rake angle and a radial angle in the insert according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a side view showing an insert according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a front view showing the indexable ball-end mill of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 13 is a side view showing a tip end portion of the indexable ball-end mill of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 14 is a side view showing a tip end portion of the indexable ball-end mill of FIG. 1 in a direction perpendicular to FIG. 13 .
  • FIG. 15 is photomicrographs each showing an oblique wall of a work cut by an indexable ball-end mill having each insert of Example and Comparative Example.
  • FIG. 16 is a graph showing the dynamic change of cutting resistance when cut by an indexable ball-end mill having the insert of Example 1.
  • FIG. 17 is a graph showing the dynamic change of cutting resistance, when cut by an indexable ball-end mill having the insert of Comparative Example 1.
  • FIG. 18 is a graph showing the dynamic change of cutting resistance, when cut by an indexable ball-end mill having the insert of Comparative Example 2.
  • FIG. 19 is a photograph showing chips generated when cut by an indexable ball-end mill having the insert of Example 1.
  • FIG. 20 is a photograph showing chips generated when cut by an indexable ball-end mill having the insert of Comparative Example 1.
  • FIG. 21 is a photograph showing chips generated when cut by an indexable ball-end mill having the insert of Comparative Example 2.
  • a solid ball-end mill has a structure in which an end mill body is integrated with an insert having cutting edges, it does not differ in shape from an indexable ball-end mill. Accordingly, explanations of the indexable ball-end mill and the insert are applicable to the solid ball-end mill.
  • FIGS. 1-4 show an indexable ball-end mill 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 shows an insert attached to the indexable ball-end mill 1
  • indexable ball-end mill 1 comprises a end mill body 2 rotating around a rotation axis L, a shank 3 integrally connected to a rear end of the end mill body 2 , and a semispherical tip end portion 4 integrally connected to a tip end of the end mill body 2 via a tapered portion 7 .
  • FIGS. 1 shows an indexable ball-end mill 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 shows an insert attached to the indexable ball-end mill 1
  • indexable ball-end mill 1 comprises a end mill body 2 rotating around a rotation axis L, a shank 3 integrally connected to a rear end of the end mill body 2 , and a semispherical tip end portion 4 integrally connected to a tip end of the end mill body 2 via a tapered portion 7 .
  • the semispherical tip end portion 4 comprises a slit 8 extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis L (radial direction) for receiving an insert 5 , and a screw hole 10 (its centerline crosses the rotation axis L) penetrating the semispherical tip end portion 4 in a direction perpendicular to the slit 8 to fix the insert 5 .
  • a clamp screw 6 threadably engages the screw hole 10 to detachably fix the insert 5 .
  • the end mill body 2 , the shank 3 and the semispherical tip end portion 4 are made of, for example, alloyed tool steels such as SKD61, etc.
  • the slit 8 has two inner surfaces 8 a , 8 b extending in parallel with the rotation axis L as a center, and a bottom surface 8 c .
  • the semispherical tip end portion 4 is radially divided by the slit 8 to constitute a pair of tip end halves 4 a , 4 b.
  • the insert 5 has a flat plate shape having a pair of parallel flat side surfaces 51 a 1 , 51 a 2 with a thickness T, a semicircular portion 51 having an arcuate surface connecting a pair of side surfaces 51 a 1 , 51 a 2 , and a triangular portion 52 integrally connected to a rear end of the semicircular portion 51 .
  • the semicircular portion 51 comprises first flanks 51 b 1 , 51 b 2 and second flanks 51 c 1 , 51 c 2 constituting an end surface connecting a pair of side surfaces 51 a 1 , 51 a 2 , convex rake faces 51 e 1 , 51 e 2 , arcuate cutting edges 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 extending along ridges between the first flanks 51 b 1 , 51 b 2 and the rake faces 51 e 1 , 51 e 2 , a pair of spirally-shaped, peripheral cutting edges 51 k 1 , 51 k 2 each connected smoothly (with no inflection point) to each arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 at each point S, and a penetrating hole 51 p having a centerline passing a center point O of the arcuate cutting edges 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 for receiving a clamp screw 6 .
  • the center point O is positioned at a middle point of the centerline of the penetrating hole 51 p (middle point of the insert 5 in a thickness direction).
  • the points S are peripherally outermost points of the arcuate cutting edges 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 , at which a straight line M perpendicular to the rotation axis L 1 and passing the circle center O crosses the cutting edges.
  • each arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 has the maximum diameter at the point S.
  • the arcuate cutting edges 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 cross the center axis (rotation axis) L 1 of the insert 5 at a tip end P.
  • the rotation axis L 1 passes the tip end P of the insert 5 and the circle center O.
  • the rotation axis L 1 of the insert 5 is aligned with the rotation axis L of the end mill body 2 , with the tip end P of the insert 5 on the rotation axis L of the end mill body 2 .
  • the triangular portion 52 comprises a pair of parallel and flat triangular side surfaces 52 a 1 , 52 a 2 , and oblique bottom surfaces 52 b 1 , 52 b 2 connecting the triangular side surfaces 52 a 1 , 52 a 2 .
  • the oblique bottom surfaces 52 b 1 , 52 b 2 come into close contact with the bottom surface 8 c of the slit 8 .
  • each arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 is convex (projecting) forward in the rotation direction R of the indexable ball-end mill 1 , and is in a substantially S shape with the tip end P as a center when viewed from the front side.
  • each arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 is most projecting in the rotation direction Rat a point Q. Accordingly, the point Q is called “rotationally most projecting point.”
  • K represents a straight line connecting the circle center O and the rotationally most projecting point Q.
  • Each spirally-shaped, peripheral cutting edge 51 k 1 , 51 k 2 is a straight line parallel with the rotation axis L 1 on the plan view of FIG. 6( a ) , and inclined to the rotation axis L 1 on the side view of FIG. 9 . Accordingly, when the insert 5 attached to the slit 8 is rotated, a pair of peripheral cutting edges 51 k 1 , 51 k 2 constitute a cylindrical rotation locus. Particularly in the case of cutting a corner of a work, the spirally-shaped, peripheral cutting edges 51 k 1 , 51 k 2 act to finish-cut a vertical wall with good surface roughness. If a pair of peripheral cutting edges were radially arcuate, cutting steps would be left on the cut surface, resulting in large surface roughness, though they are effective to reduce cutting resistance.
  • peripheral cutting edges 51 k 1 , 51 k 2 are positioned on a cylindrical surface [straight lines in FIG. 6( a ) ], the cutting edges of the insert 5 can be repeatedly reground. If the peripheral cutting edges were radially arcuate, the cutting edges could not be reground because regrinding reduces the diameters of the cutting edges.
  • the rake angle of each arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 has a radial rake angle and an axial rake angle.
  • the “radial rake angle” is an angle of each rake face 51 e 1 , 51 e 2 to a straight line radially extending from the circle center O to each arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 (radial straight line), which may be called “normal rake angle.”
  • the “axial rake angle” is an angle of a tangent line of each arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 to the rotation axis L 1 on a side view of the insert 5 shown in FIG. 9 .
  • the rake face 51 e 1 is positioned rearward a straight line connecting the circle center O and the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 in the rotation direction R (inclined forward in the rotation direction R).
  • the rake face 51 e 1 is oppositely positioned.
  • FIG. 7 shows examples of the radial rake angle at positions deviated from the rotation axis L 1 by radial angles of 5°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°, and 90°, respectively, between the tip end P of the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 and the rear end point S.
  • a radial rake angle at a position P5° at a radial angle of 5° is an inclination angle of the rake face 51 e 1 at the position P5° to a straight line connecting the circle center O and the point P5° of the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 .
  • FIG. 7 shows examples of the radial rake angle at positions deviated from the rotation axis L 1 by radial angles of 5°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°, and 90°, respectively, between the tip end P of the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 and the rear end point S.
  • the radial rake angles at radial angles of 5°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°, and 90° are +7.0°, +7.5°, +7.5°, +7.0°, +6.0°, +4.5°, and +3.0°, respectively.
  • FIG. 8 shows a curve F 1 representing the relation between a radial rake angle and a radial angle shown in FIG. 7 .
  • the radial angle is an angle of a radial straight line to the rotation axis L 1 .
  • the radial rake angle ⁇ near the tip end P which is represented by a radial rake angle ⁇ at a position separate from the tip end P by a radial angle of 5°, is used in the present invention.
  • the above relation is expressed by the formula of ⁇ .
  • the purpose of ⁇ is to reduce cutting resistance near the tip end P of the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 for good biting performance to a work, and to secure sufficient cutting edge strength because chips are thicker at the peripherally outermost point S of the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 .
  • the purpose of making the radial rake angle ⁇ at the rotationally most projecting point Q equal to or larger than the rake angle ⁇ near the tip end P is to provide small cutting resistance to the arcuate cutting edge at the rotationally most projecting point Q, which comes into contact with a work first, thereby achieving good biting performance to a work.
  • the radial angle at the rotationally most projecting point Q is preferably in a range of 30-47°.
  • a region with a negative axial rake angle is short in a range from the tip end P of the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 to the rotationally most projecting point Q, effective for making chips thinner, thereby reducing cutting resistance.
  • a region with a positive axial rake angle can be long in a range from the rotationally most projecting point Q to the point R, effective for improving chip removal.
  • chips are discharged outward from a tangent line of a rotation locus of the tool and slantingly upward from a cut work surface (good detachability of chips from the cutting edge), avoiding a trouble that chips are bitten into a gap between the cutting edge and the work.
  • the rotationally most projecting point Q When the radial angle at the rotationally most projecting point Q is more than 47°, the rotationally most projecting point Q is too distant from the tip end P, an impinging work applies large impact to the arcuate cutting edge at the rotationally most projecting point Q, and thick chips are generated, resulting in poor chip removal.
  • the radial angle at the rotationally most projecting point Q is less than 30°, an absolute value of a negative axial rake angle in a range from the tip end P to the rotationally most projecting point Q is too large, resulting in increased cutting resistance, and poor chip removal near the rotation center of the cutting edge.
  • the radial angle at the rotationally most projecting point Q is more preferably in a range of 35-40°.
  • the difference between the radial rake angle ⁇ and the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably 2-6°.
  • the difference between the radial rake angle ⁇ and the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably 0-2°.
  • the difference between the radial rake angle ⁇ and the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably 2-6°.
  • the difference between the maximum value of the radial rake angle and the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably 0.1-1.0°.
  • the radial rake angle changes along such a smooth curve that the radial rake angle increases relatively largely in a range from near the tip end P to a point of the maximum value, and gradually decreases in a range from the point of the maximum value to the peripherally outermost point S via the rotationally most projecting point Q.
  • the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably a positive angle.
  • Other radial rake angles ⁇ and ⁇ may be negative angles.
  • all of the radial rake angles ⁇ , ⁇ and ⁇ are preferably positive angles to achieve good biting performance to a work.
  • the conditions of 2° ⁇ 10°, 0° ⁇ 6°, and 3° ⁇ 14° are preferably met.
  • a positive radial rake angle provides the cutting edge with decreased cracking resistance, the cracking resistance does not matter in finishing because of small cutting depth.
  • the radial rake angle ⁇ , the radial rake angle ⁇ and the radial rake angle ⁇ are preferably made negative in this order to increase cutting edge strength.
  • the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably close to 0° even when it is negative.
  • the radial rake angles ⁇ , ⁇ and ⁇ preferably meet the conditions of ⁇ 6° ⁇ 0.5°, ⁇ 10° ⁇ 2°, and ⁇ 6° ⁇ 0.5°, in addition to the relation of ⁇ .
  • the entire arcuate cutting edge is strengthened, resulting in improved cracking resistance in cutting a high-hardness work having Rockwell hardness of 45 HRC or more.
  • the negative radial rake angle which provides the cutting edge with large cutting resistance and poor chip removal, leads to little increase in cutting resistance and little deterioration of chip removal in the finishing of a high-hardness work, because finishing has smaller cutting depth than in roughing and semi-finishing.
  • cutting edge strength necessary for finishing a high-hardness work can be secured at the rotationally most projecting point Q at which the cutting edge first comes into contact with the work, and the tool can be stably held particularly in finishing a high-hardness material by properly controlling a thrust force component in a longitudinal direction of the tool.
  • cutting edge strength necessary for finishing a high-hardness work cannot be secured at the rotationally most projecting point Q.
  • cutting resistance is excessive at the rotationally most projecting point Q, resulting in insufficient biting to a high-hardness work.
  • the maximum value of the radial rake angle of the arcuate cutting edge is located in a radial angle range of 12-40°, preferably 15-30°.
  • the point Q at which the arcuate cutting edge is most projecting forward in a rotation direction R is preferably in a radial angle range of 30-47°.
  • the axial rake angle is positive, good chip removal is achieved while sufficiently keeping the strength of the arcuate cutting edge.
  • a range having a radial rake angle ⁇ 1 corresponds to a range in which an axial rake angle is positive
  • a range having a radial rake angle ⁇ 2 corresponds to a range in which an axial rake angle is negative.
  • the axial rake angle also changes depending on the radial angle.
  • the axial rake angle at a radial angle of 15°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 75° is ⁇ 48.409°, ⁇ 18.257°, 0°, +12.069° and 19.38°, respectively.
  • the axial rake angle of the arcuate cutting edge is preferably negative in a range from the tip end P to a point just not reaching the rotationally most projecting point Q, 0° at the rotationally most projecting point Q, and positive in a range exceeding the rotationally most projecting point Q and reaching the peripherally outermost point S.
  • a negative axial rake angle gradually increases in a positive direction.
  • a positive axial rake angle gradually increases.
  • the axial rake angle is preferably about ⁇ 70° to about ⁇ 80° near the tip end P, and about +20° at the peripherally outermost point S.
  • the axial rake angle of about +20° at the peripherally outermost point S chips are removed in a direction perpendicular to a tangent line of a rotation locus of the tool, resulting in good chip removal.
  • the axial rake angle of smaller than +20° near the peripherally outermost point S provides poor chip removal, and the axial rake angle of larger than +20° near the peripherally outermost point S makes a cutting edge too thin, failing to secure its stiffness.
  • the radial rake angle and axial rake angle of the arcuate cutting edge is measured by a non-contact three-dimensional digitizer, etc.
  • the above explanations of the radial rake angle and the axial rake angle are applicable to both arcuate cutting edges 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 .
  • a crossing angle ⁇ 1 of a line N connecting the rotationally most projecting point Q of the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 and the rear end point R of the peripheral cutting edge 51 k 1 to the rotation axis L 1 is preferably smaller than a crossing angle ⁇ 2 of a line H connecting the peripherally outermost point S of the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 and the rear end point R of the peripheral cutting edge 51 k 1 to a straight line L 2 parallel with the rotation axis L 1 .
  • ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 is preferably met. This alleviates impact when the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 comes into contact with a work, thereby providing the cutting edge with high cracking resistance and chipping resistance. Oppositely, with ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2, there is large impact at the contact of the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 with a work, providing the arcuate cutting edge 51 d 1 with reduced cracking resistance and chipping resistance.
  • the inclination angle ⁇ 1 of the line N is preferably 15-30°. This enables chips to be discharged outward from the tool and slantingly upward from a cut surface of the work (good separation of chips from the insert cutting edges) during cutting, thereby avoiding chips from entering a gap between the cutting edge and the work, and thus reducing cutting resistance and its amplitude. Namely, good chip removal from the cutting edges reduces cutting resistance, and decreased cutting resistance amplitude suppresses the vibration of the tool, thereby improving the cut surface conditions of a work.
  • the chip removal direction is substantially aligned with a tangent line of a rotation locus of the tool, meaning that the tool follows chips.
  • chips are bitten into a gap between the cutting edge and the work. This trouble occurs particularly in the contour cutting of a corner.
  • the inclination angle ⁇ 1 of the line N exceeds 30°, the spirally-shaped, peripheral cutting edge cannot be sufficiently long, and the peripheral cutting edge is thin, resulting in low cutting edge strength. Further, because of a large cutting resistance amplitude, vibration occurs during cutting, resulting in deteriorated surface roughness of a work.
  • ⁇ 1 is more preferably 20-30°.
  • the length F (mm) of the peripheral cutting edge 51 k 1 (line H) preferably meets the condition of 0.2 T ⁇ F ⁇ 0.5 T.
  • F is less than 0.2 T
  • the peripheral cutting edge 51 k 1 is too short, resulting in a small number of regrinding.
  • F is more than 0.5 T
  • the peripheral cutting edge 51 k 1 is longer than necessary, resulting in drastically increased cutting resistance, and inducing vibration during cutting.
  • the thickness T S (mm) of the insert 5 at the peripherally outermost point S preferably meets the condition of 0.4 T ⁇ T S ⁇ 0.5 T.
  • T S is less than 0.4 T, the cutting edge has too low stiffness.
  • T S is 0.5 T or more, the cutting edge is too large in cutting resistance and its amplitude, likely resulting in large tool vibration during cutting.
  • T S is more preferably 0.45 T-0.49 T.
  • the insert 5 having such a shape can be formed, for example, by cemented carbide comprising tungsten carbide (WC) and cobalt (Co).
  • cemented carbide comprising tungsten carbide (WC) and cobalt (Co).
  • the insert 5 of WC-based cemented carbide can be produced, for example, by the following process. Granules of a mixture comprising tungsten carbide powder, cobalt powder, and if necessary, additives are first molded by a powder metallurgy method, etc. A screw-penetrating hole is formed at the time of molding. A green body should be formed larger by sintering shrinkage of 20-30%. The green body is sintered at about 1300-1400° C.
  • the resultant sintered body is subjected to NC-controlled three-dimensional grinding, to form arcuate cutting edges 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 , spirally-shaped, peripheral cutting edges 51 k 1 , 51 k 2 , and oblique bottom surfaces 52 b 1 , 52 b 2 .
  • NC-controlled working using a disc-shaped thin diamond grinder, etc. is carried out.
  • a surface of the resultant insert 5 except for the screw-penetrating hole is provided with a coating having wear resistance and heat resistance by a PVD method.
  • the coating may be made of, for example, Ti—Al nitride, Ti—Si nitride, Ti—B nitride, etc.
  • the same coating as described above on the end mill body 2 provides the indexable ball-end mill with a longer life. Particularly to reduce friction resistance with chips, it is preferable to form a Ti—B nitride coating having wear resistance and lubrication on the end mill body 2 .
  • FIGS. 12, 13 and 14 show an indexable ball-end mill 1 , in which the insert 5 is fixed to a slit 8 of an end mill body 2 by a clamp screw 6 .
  • both side surfaces 51 a 1 , 51 a 2 of the insert 5 come into close contact with both inner surfaces 8 a , 8 b of the slit 8
  • oblique bottom surfaces 52 b 1 , 52 b 2 of the insert 5 come into close contact with the bottom surface 8 c of the slit 8 , so that the insert 5 is positioned with high accuracy.
  • the tip end P of the insert 5 slightly projects from the slit 8 along the rotation axis L, and the cutting edges comprising a pair of arcuate cutting edges 51 d 1 , 51 d 2 and a pair of peripheral cutting edges 51 k 1 , 51 k 2 and the first and second flanks 51 b 1 , 51 b 2 , 51 c 1 , 51 c 2 also slightly project from the slit 8 .
  • the thickness T (mm) of the insert 5 is preferably 0.2 D-0.5 D, wherein D (mm) is an outer diameter of the end mill. With this condition met, sufficiently deep flute grooves are obtained while securing sufficient strength in the arcuate cutting edges.
  • An indexable ball-end mill 1 to which an insert 5 having a pair of cutting edges is attached corresponds to a two-flute ball-end mill.
  • the present invention is applicable not only to indexable ball-end mills but also to solid (solid-type) ball-end mills.
  • the solid ball-end mill basically does not differ from the indexable ball-end mill, except that the insert is integral with a tip end portion of the end mill.
  • the solid ball-end mill preferably has the above features with respect to the radial rake angle and axial rake angle of the arcuate cutting edge.
  • the radial rake angle and axial rake angle of an arcuate cutting edge were measured at each radial angle by a non-contact three-dimensional digitizer.
  • the radial rake angle and axial rake angle at each radial angle are shown in Table 1.
  • the radial rake angle at the peripherally outermost point S (radial angle: 90°) was 0°, +3.0° and +6.0°, respectively, in the inserts 1 to 3 .
  • a machining center was controlled to use each arcuate cutting edge near the peripherally outermost point S of the insert attached to the end mill body.
  • Cutting method Dry cutting with air blow
  • Vf Feed (Vf): 7500 mm/minute
  • the optical photomicrographs (18 times) of FIG. 15 show the surface roughness Ry of surfaces cut with the radial cutting depths ae of 0.15 mm and 0.3 mm, respectively.
  • the surface roughness Ry in FIG. 15 was measured when the cutting distance of a work wall reached 5 m.
  • a target surface roughness Ry of finished surfaces of a die for molding exterior automotive body panels is generally 10 ⁇ m or less, and surface roughness Ry better than the target was achieved at radial cutting depths ae of 0.15 mm and 0.3 mm as shown in FIG. 15 .
  • the surface roughness was better at the radial cutting depth ae of 0.15 mm.
  • the cut surface roughness Ry obtained by an indexable ball-end mill having the insert 2 with a radial rake angle ⁇ of +3.0° was 4.3 ⁇ m when cut at a radial cutting depth ae of 0.3 mm, and 4.4 ⁇ m when cut at a radial cutting depth ae of 0.3 mm, smaller than when other inserts 1 and 3 were used.
  • the radial rake angle ⁇ is preferably about 3° in finishing a slanting wall of a work of FCD700, having in mind a die for molding exterior automotive body panels.
  • Example 2 The same insert as in Example 1 except that a radial rake angle at a radial angle of 5°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 85° and 90° was +1.0°, +1.5°, +1.0°, 0°, ⁇ 2.5° and ⁇ 3.0°, respectively, was attached to the same end mill body as in Example 1, to cut a wall (inclination angle: 85°) of a hard work of SKD11 having Rockwell hardness of 60 HRC under the following conditions.
  • the resultant cut surface had surface roughness Ry of 2-3 ⁇ m, indicating that even a hard work can be cut with high finishing accuracy.
  • Cutting method Dry cutting with air blow
  • Vc 400 m/minute
  • Vf Feed speed
  • Example 2 The same insert as in Example 1 except that a radial rake angle at a radial angle of 5°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 85° and 90° was ⁇ 2.5°, ⁇ 2.0°, ⁇ 2.5°, ⁇ 3.5°, ⁇ 6.0° and ⁇ 6.5°, respectively, was attached to the same end mill body as in Example 1, to cut a wall (inclination angle: 85°) of a hard work of SKD11 having Rockwell hardness of 60 HRC under the following conditions.
  • the resultant cut surface had surface roughness Ry of 2-3 ⁇ m, indicating that even a hard work can be cut with high finishing accuracy.
  • Cutting method Dry cutting with air blow
  • Vc 400 m/minute
  • Vf Feed (Vf): 2550 mm/minute
  • Example 4 Each insert of Example 4, and Comparative Examples 1 and 2 was attached to a slit in a tip end portion of a shank-type end mill body having a cutting diameter of 30 mm, a shank diameter of 32 mm, an entire length of 220 mm, and an under-neck length of 120 mm, to constitute an indexable ball-end mill.
  • shoulder cutting was carried out under the following cutting conditions, to measure the dynamic change of cutting resistance by a cutting dynamometer (available from Kistler).
  • the cutting resistance and the chip shapes are shown in Table 3, and the dynamic change of cutting resistance is shown in FIGS. 16-18 as cutting resistance components in X, Y and Z directions.
  • the Y direction is a tool-feeding direction
  • the X direction is perpendicular to the Y direction (tangential direction of rotation)
  • the Z direction is a rotation axis direction.
  • Cutting method Dry shoulder cutting with air blow
  • Vf 849 mm/minute
  • the dynamic change of cutting resistance was smaller in Example 4 than in Comparative Examples 1 and 2. Particularly, the cutting resistance (100 kgf) in an X direction in Example 4 satisfied the target.
  • the cutting resistance in Example 4 was 60% lower than the cutting resistance (250 kgf) in Comparative Example 2.
  • FIGS. 19-21 show chips generated by cutting in Example 4 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2. Chips in Example 4 were more twisted than chips in Comparative Examples 1 and 2, because of a wider positive axial rake angle region of each arcuate cutting edge with a larger twisting angle. Also, the chip shapes indicate that chips were discharged slantingly upward from the cut surface. Namely, a trouble that chips are bitten into a gap between the cutting edge and the work was avoided in Example 4. In the inserts of Comparative Examples 1 and 2, however, chips were bitten into a gap between the cutting edge and the work.
  • each arcuate cutting edge meets the condition of ⁇ in the solid or indexable ball-end mill and insert of the present invention, cutting resistance is small in an entire region of the arcuate cutting edge, resulting in good chip removal. Accordingly, vibration is suppressed, suitable for three-dimensional finishing of a work.
  • each arcuate cutting edge With the axial rake angle of each arcuate cutting edge being negative in a range from the tip end P to the rotationally most projecting point Q, 0° at the rotationally most projecting point Q, and positive in a range from the rotationally most projecting point Q to the peripherally outermost point S, the arcuate cutting edge first comes into contact with a work at the rotationally most projecting point Q, and a contact region with the work expands in both directions on the side of the tip end P and on the side of the peripherally outermost point S by the rotation of the cutting edge, resulting in reduced cutting resistance.
  • the cutting edge is provided with improved cracking resistance and chipping resistance, resulting in a longer life while avoiding its deterioration.
  • the cutting edge not only cutting resistance but also its amplitude are reduced, resulting in suppressed vibration, and improved surface conditions of the cut work surface.

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